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Inter board T staff stage dharna
Telangana Employees of Board of Intermediate Examinations (BIE) staged a maha dharna demanding immediate bifurcation of the board here on Saturday.
Seek immediate bifurcation of BIE
Hyderabad: Telangana Employees of Board of Intermediate Examinations (BIE) staged a maha dharna demanding immediate bifurcation of the board here on Saturday.
The protesting employees said Andhra Pradesh government was in no mood to bifurcate the board as they can rule the roost if it is under their umbrella.
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“Principal Secretaries for Higher Education in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments are not willing to take-up bifurcation of the board in wake of IAS allotments for both the States. A total of 314 staff should be available, however only 147 employees are working in the board. If the board is split into two, recruitments can be done,” G Jagan Mohan Reddy, president, Telangana Employees Association, BIE said.
The agitating employees said the board had already lost two crucial months for making schedules. They said by August first week, examination schedule, committee for setting up question papers and purchase of white papers should have been commenced. The process got delayed due to non-bifurcation of the board. Further delay would put the future of over 20 lakh students at stake, they said.
The employees also demanded the AP government to roll back proposal of removing first year intermediate examinations. “The Board officials clearly stated problems that will rise due to discarding first year exams. However, AP government did not consider it, instead they called for a meeting to discuss the modalities for conducting one examination for two-year course,” said P Madhusudhan Reddy, convener, Inter Vidya, JAC.
The employees lamented that removing exam would prove costly for the students from the rural, government and aided colleges. They said corporate colleges owned by Andhras were behind the proposal. “If exams are removed, students studying in the corporate colleges would be benefited and students in government colleges would be at receiving end. Both the Chief Ministers have to resolve the ongoing crisis,” said Jagan Mohan Reddy.
